Ward Bond

Ward Bond (April 9, 1903 - November 5, 1960) was an American film actor, noted especially for his roles working with longtime friends John Wayne and director John Ford, such as "The Searchers", "The Quiet Man", and "Fort Apache". He was knighted in 1992 for his services to acting. His only serious relationship with a woman seems to have been with the actress, Capucine, though he had many female friends. For many years he shared a home with a male friend, but repeatedly denied that their relationship was anything other than platonic. Bogarde never married and, even during his lifetime, was reported to be homosexual.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Bogarde gradually abandoned his heart-throb image for more challenging parts, such as the ex-Nazi in The Night Porter (1974), a bored University professor in Accident (1967), and, most notably, as Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice (1971). He quickly became a matinee idol. George Dixon in The Blue Lamp launched him as a lead player, but it was the comedy, Doctor in the House (1954), that made him a star. His 1950 appearance as the criminal who shot P.C.

He joined the army and served in World War II, after which his good looks helped him begin a career as a film actor. Bogarde was born in the London suburb of Hampstead, of mixed Dutch-British ancestry. Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (March 28, 1921 - May 8, 1999), better known by the stage name Dirk Bogarde, was an actor. Dirk Bogarde: The Complete Career Illustrated w/Robert Tanitch.

Dirk Bogarde: The Complete Autobiography. An Orderly Man. A Postilion Struck by Lightning. Victim (1961).

Song Without End. A Tale of Two Cities (1958). The Spanish Gardener (1956). The Blue Lamp (1950).